<span style="color: #222222;">As a part of Vande Bharat mission, a total of 225 stranded passengers were brought back from Kuala Lampur to Mumbai in a special flight. This was the seventh special flight to the city, which has seen arrival of over thousand passengers since Sunday. Meanwhile, Municipal corporation of Greater Mumbai – MCGM is working relentlessly to improve the patient care and services in its hospitals. On a positive note, four of the MCGM hospitals have started using new medicine for severe Covid patients successfully.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Mumbai Correspondent reports that in order to improve the condition of the patients with severe COVID 19 disease, MCGM medical college hospitals including Sion, Nair, KEM and Seven Hills, have started using the new drug &quot;Injection Tociluzumab&quot;. It has been used in approximately 40 severe COVID patients so far and encouraging results are seen in more than 30 patients. 14 patients have recovered and discharged so far.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This medicine has improved the condition of the patients and has prevented patients to go on ventilator. This drug has been used based on the experience of many physicians and hospitals world over. Out of 3 patients from Dharavi, who have been given this drug, 1 male patient aged 38 years has been discharged from Nair Hospital yesterday, who has recovered after being treated with this medicine.&nbsp;</span><br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | May 13, 2020 11:07 AM
Vande Bharat Mission: 225 stranded passengers brought back from Kuala Lampur to Mumbai